USPTO ignites CRISPR/Cas9 patent battle

Scientists from two US universities will fight out the ownership of the intellectual property rights to the CRISPR/Cas9 technology after the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) agreed to initiate an interference proceeding.

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